South Africa

SA’s stud cattle breeding societies and breeders needed to realise that commercial cattle breeders were their most important clients and position themselves accordingly, said to Prof Frikkie Neser, animal scientist at the University of the Free State.

South Africa’s 2015 wine harvest was expected to conclude at the end of this month with 75% of the grapes already harvested by mid-March.

Ladismith Cheese executives are still counting their losses following a fire that allegedly completely destroyed the stock, cheese and butter stores at the Western Cape factory recently.

Hundreds of emerging farmers gathered in Soweto, Johannesburg, recently, to hear from agriculture stakeholders how they planned to turn Gauteng into an agro-processing hub in the continent.

A massive 483,6kg pumpkin grown by Pinkie Swart from Heidelberg, won him the title for the largest pumpkin grown in South Africa for the second year in a row.

Google, a super fine wool ram belonging to William and Acton van Aardt of Fairworld Fine Wool, Cookhouse, Eastern Cape, recently sold for R200 000 at the Merino stud’s 27th ram auction.

A transparent and well-functioning cash market was the best option to revive South Africa’s ailing wheat production industry, according to Jannie de Villiers, CEO of Grain SA.

The world was changing fast and there were significant shifts happening in demographics, economical and political power, as well as the natural environment.

Transport and logistics stakeholders have bemoaned the new road regulations which came into effect on January 31, saying they would affect the “smooth running” of logistics in the country.

Drought conditions across South Africa’s summer grains production areas are expected to have a short-term negative impact on agricultural machinery sales

Dr Chris van Dijk has been appointed the new chief executive officer of the Milk Producers’ Organisation.

The ongoing drought in South Africa’s summer grain production regions was a stark reminder of the fragility of food security in the country, according to Grain SA chairperson Louw Steytler.